Ken Shigley
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Overview

Ken Shigley

After 45 years of litigation experience and a few hundred trials and mediations, Ken Shigley completed the Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation executive education courses on mediation and negotiation. 

Ken Shigley served as president of the State Bar of Georgia (2011-2012), initiating efforts to develop statewide electronic court filing in Georgia. He was board chair of the Institute for Continuing Legal Education in Georgia (2012-13), and on the American Bar Association House of Delegates, He received the “Traditions of Excellence Award” for lifetime achievement from the State Bar’s General Practice & Trial Section (2019).

Mr. Shigley has broad advocacy experience in both plaintiff and defense practice. He was an effective neutral in hundreds of cases in eight years with Henning Mediation & Arbitration. He is a former member of the Georgia Dispute Resolution Commission.

Ken was the lead author of eleven annual editions of Georgia Law of Torts: Trial Preparation & Practice (Thomson Reuters West, 2010-21), which has been quoted as an authority on multiple occasions by the Supreme Court of Georgia and federal courts. He is the first, and so far the only, Georgia lawyer to attain triple board certification from the National Board of Trial Advocacy, in Civil Trial Advocacy (1995), Civil Pretrial Advocacy (2012), and Truck Accident Law (2019).

A graduate of Furman University and Emory University Law School, Mr. Shigley also completed the Ultimate Trial Advocacy course at Harvard Law School, an executive education program at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and four regional programs of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College. After graduation from Emory Law School, Mr. Shigley returned to his hometown to begin his career as an Assistant District Attorney in the Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit, which at that time included the counties of Douglas, Haralson, Paulding, and Polk. After a few years of general practice in Douglas County, he joined an insurance defense firm in Atlanta with a statewide practice. In 1991, he launched his own plaintiffs’ practice. Currently, he is a senior counsel with the Johnson & Ward law firm. He has successfully handled litigation of cases in 93 of Georgia’s 159 counties.

Mr. Shigley has published numerous legal journal articles and made scores of continuing legal education presentations at both state and national levels. Outside of Georgia, he has been a presenter, program chair, and moderator at continuing legal education programs in Montreal, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boca Raton, Las Vegas, and Nashville.

Publications

Ten Tips to Better Mediations Via Zoom, February 2023

How Law Practice Has Changed During My Career, February 2023

Rates and Fees

Rates - Ken Shigley

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Atlanta Rates 4hr Min.
2 Party Case: $250 per party; per hour
3 Party Case: $225 per party; per hour
4 Party Case: $200 per party; per hour
5+ Party Case: Flat Rate Available Upon Request

Travel time and expenses, including meals and lodging, billed separately and split equally among the parties at the Neutral's hourly rate.
Pre/Post Consultation & Document Review: Hourly Mediation/Arbitration Rate

Mediation Admin Fees
Atlanta Mediation Admin Fee - $300 per party

MEDIATION CANCELLATION POLICY

Mediations cancelled within 10 days of the mediation will be charged a cancellation fee of $500. However, mediations cancelled, rescheduled or settled within 24 hours of the mediation will be charged 4 hrs. of the Neutral's hourly rate . Cancellation fees shall be sent to the cancelling party unless otherwise agreed to by the parties.